tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post6850745751662234684..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Nineveh RevisitedMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-85891942861010290302014-01-15T22:24:55.868+00:002014-01-15T22:24:55.868+00:00Interesting that you should be there just as they ...Interesting that you should be there just as they celebrate their 255th anniversary, Mike. <br /><br />Mrs Dave and I were there in 2012 for the Hajj Exhibition and were totally blown away. Wonderful place and one of the reasons for going to London. Greater Anglia railways runs a system whereby you can get a two for one entrance into all sorts of interesting places. Just around the corner from the British Museum is the Cartoon Museum. Wonderful - thanks to the GA offer we were able to get into several such places we'd have probably ignored before.<br /><br />London still holds a fascination, no matter what.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-25564416979993198872014-01-12T10:35:36.839+00:002014-01-12T10:35:36.839+00:00Zouk,
Hmm, bad news indeed. Perhaps Herts is now...Zouk,<br /><br />Hmm, bad news indeed. Perhaps Herts is now working to base 12, or something. I need to check this out ASAP -- I feel another letter to my MP coming on (for a Tory, she's remarkably receptive to my purple-ink emails).<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-8805841336176556082014-01-12T10:30:11.803+00:002014-01-12T10:30:11.803+00:00Gavin,
Thanks for that, what an amazing story. I ...Gavin,<br /><br />Thanks for that, what an amazing story. I do love cardboard engineering -- sometime I must post a download of my "cut out and keep" Ring Hoard Flexagon from a few Xmases ago. In fact, if I can find it, I'll do it today.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-88940329503829433192014-01-12T03:14:26.570+00:002014-01-12T03:14:26.570+00:00Don't know about Hampshire, but here in Herts ...Don't know about Hampshire, but here in Herts they no longer give out bus passes at age 60. I phoned the Council on my 60th to see about getting one and was told I'd have to wait till Spring 2019. Still, the clerk was kind enough to wish me a happy birthday, even though he didn't have the expected present for me.Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-45062423346733096162014-01-11T23:48:25.063+00:002014-01-11T23:48:25.063+00:00Mike,
I'm not sure how the carvings from Nine...Mike,<br /><br />I'm not sure how the carvings from Nineveh made it here in the great empire culture grab but the tale of how Cleopatra's Needle made it to London is great one of global gift giving, engineering and heroic (and stupid) seamanship.<br /><br />This site summarises the tale and provides a free card model of the barge!<br /><br />http://www.waldenfont.com/papermodels/product.asp?productID=14Gavin McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630089445696518084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-85257777754747068162014-01-11T20:29:02.073+00:002014-01-11T20:29:02.073+00:00Andy,
I didn't notice that -- though the plac...Andy,<br /><br />I didn't notice that -- though the place <i>was</i> impossibly crowded, more like Trafalgar Square than a museum.<br /><br />I wonder if one's life would feel any longer or shorter counting the years to a different base. In the end, it all really depends on when they hand out the ceremonial bus passes... I have no idea why they do that at 60 (base 10 60, that is).<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-4406656978191176502014-01-11T19:44:44.855+00:002014-01-11T19:44:44.855+00:00We visited the Museum about 18 months ago. I was q...We visited the Museum about 18 months ago. I was quite taken by the Great Court except that the concrete walls of the Reading Room had been marked out as though it was made of stone blocks. <br /><br />This was done in a simple grid pattern without any pretend bonding. I found this quite disconcerting because nothing seemed to prevent the possibility that a vertical pile of blocks might just come tumbling down.<br /><br />In the land of the Simpson's, where its well known that they use base 8 (given all the fuss made about the maths jokes in the Simpson's I'm slightly surprised that they haven't actually done this and I'm just making it up) you and I will soon be 74. Surely if particular birthdays were significant it would be independent of the base in which they were expressed.Andy Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584940729037214702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-89418434809800753742014-01-11T17:15:32.595+00:002014-01-11T17:15:32.595+00:00No, mine is yet to come, but I will certainly acce...No, mine is yet to come, but I will certainly accept Sterling banker's drafts or PayPal payments in advance!<br /><br />Yes, I've never been big on "significant birthdays" but 60 has a certain doom-laden ring about it...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-25724123125032214112014-01-11T17:06:50.930+00:002014-01-11T17:06:50.930+00:00Happy birthday, if it were yourn. For myself it se...Happy birthday, if it were yourn. For myself it seemed a significant marker, 60.<br /><br />Nice musings on museums.Bronislaus Janulis / Framewrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839855368056037541noreply@blogger.com